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Kitsquad takes in donated outdoor gear and sends it back out to low income individuals and families enabling them to get outdoors having amazing adventures

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Our new sign is up!

Thank you so much to Barry for recycling the previous tenants sign & designing & making this sign.

Thank you to Colin for putting it up!

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Some more thank you’s from this week.

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We’ve officially broken the 1000 people marker!

That’s 1000 people in poverty who we have managed to provide gear to to get them outdoors!

This is a real celebration for all of the outdoor community for allowing this to happen!

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This weeks parcels waiting to be collected by the courier in the morning.

Total number of parcels: 12
Total weight: 98kgs
Total number of recipients: 28
Broken down:
England 21
Scotland 4
Wales 3

Adults 15
Children 13

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Last week we had a real bumper week of donations coming in and clothing & equipment going out.

In total we had 117.1 kg’s of donated goods come in throughout the week & an incredible 201.5 kg’s / 536 items head out to new homes.

Thank you to everyone who allows this to happen

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Some nice feedback we have received over this last week

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Did you know that we cover the whole of the UK?

We have recently sent some outdoor equipment & clothing over to Northern Ireland, which means we can officially say that we have provided support in all four home nations 🇬🇧

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This weeks stats:

Donations in (first picture): 14kg

Gear sent put (second & third pictures): 98.75kg
Number of recipients: 19

This has been one of our busiest weeks in terms of requests for support coming in & the shear number of gear going out!

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This week:
* 57.3kgs of donations received
* 52.35kgs of gear sent out
* 10 people living in poverty supplied with gear to get them out into green spaces

Help us raise the funds to keep us operating:

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We operate on incredibly low financial margins, with the constant threat of running out of money.

One way to support us is through Patreon. For a small monthly contribution, you could be part of a team that keeps us running.

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Since then:
• Over 12 tonnes of outdoor clothing & equipment donated
• This is made up of over 15,000 items
• We have supplied gear to 969 people living in poverty
• People from all 4 of the home nations have been supplied with gear

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This has come up on my memories today.

The first bit of kit was sent out in February 2020. This was a pair of hiking boots.

Since then:
• Over 12 tonnes of outdoor clothing and equipment donated
• This is made up of over 15,000 items

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Lovely to see Trustee Jodie pop in and say hello

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We love being able to provide a specialist service where we can keep this gear within the community it’s designed to serve.

Keeping it out of the generic secondhand market & reducing the impact of useable gear ending up unnecessarily in landfill.
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Feedback like this makes it all worthwhile

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Today marks the first day of volunteers week. Kitsquad is run completely by volunteers.

About 30% of the UK population volunteer at least once a month. Giving your time for free is one of the most treasured things that you can give.

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This month we have 4 bundles of prizes that you can choose from.

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This month we have some fantastic prizes for our Patreon’s.

We need your help to keep us running.

Kitsquad is entirely a volunteer led scheme, with overheads that need paying. It’s run full time by me, with a very small team of awesome volunteers.

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Meaning that we continue getting more people outdoors and continue to offer a scheme where surplus gear can be responsibly recycled, reused or renewed.

This month prize draw will be drawn on Thursday 1st June and we hold a prize draw every month.

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